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I've had a great experience with Udacity. As a bit of a background, I was an EE in undegrad so I took a few CS courses but I've barely done any coding professionally so I needed to "re-learn" programming. I like Udacity because most of the course work is in Python (good for most types of development), the lectures only go a few minutes before you are quizzed on knowledge (active learning), the course is self paced, and you build on a mini-project across the course (building the blocks of a search engine).

I definitely agree with @hoodoof that a project is essential. At the tail end of the CS 101 I got a bit bored but had a side project I was working on as well. I ended up focusing more time on the side project since it was more fun and challenging, but Udacity helped build some fundamentals and jump start the learning. I'd try combining an online course like Python and mini projects (maybe small data analysis projects at Crowdflower or mini web tools).

Also, as a suggestion, I'd suggest considering web side projects even if you don't use it at Crowdflower. There's something incredibly exciting about deploying a tool for people to publicly see on the web that makes programming stick for newbies (at least me). Once you build the motivation, you can assign side projects that are more useful for the company.

I used to work for the big G where they had a few programs to learn to code (but it never worked for me) - let me know if you want to know why they didn't work.
We've always found that by replacing "username" with "email address" makes logging in a lot easier. Most users already know their email address. By using a username thats one more thing they have to remember.
There is one, we're just not advertising it yet. If you're interested, please to get in touch with us. meta@<tldr>.io
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Well, if he eventually came up with the right solution, I would assume he understands OOP and overloading, as there usually isn't a way to just stop an interview and teach yourself core-foundations of a trade before answering questions.

I think the point was that, outside of specific cases, programming has many solutions. The fact that Paul gave two correct answers before getting to the 'right one' says that this was one of those cases.

Perhaps method overloading was not on the forefront of his mind that day.

A simple question of 'Why did you do it this way instead of using method overloading?' would've sufficed in figuring out whether or not they had a grasp on OOP and wouldn't have insulted the interviewee with open-ended questions where they were looking for one answer.

That would be the same as asking what is another way to write 49 and expecting only the squareroot of 2401.
There is a huge chunk of Tumblr that sounds identical in tone and language. They all feed off of each other. He came into his job sounding like this, it didn't happen recently. Tumblr is their outlet.

Not that that in any way justifies his treatment, which is beyond bad and well into legally actionable.
I bounced without trying it because I couldn't figure out what it was going to actually give me. I would have been more likely to sign up or drag the button to my toolbar if you gave me a sample of what value I would get out of it.
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Get a grip. Murderous rage isn't typically an acceptable response to things that upset you.
Assembly for custom orders.

Hardly a domestic industry, although I speculate it may also help in some political/contract situations.
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I cannot drive to work if I forget my keys.
However, I have following idea.
A cell phone case with an imbedded radio frequency chip that communicates with your key chain. The purpose of the device is to alert you if get too far away from your phone. This two way radio will not only help you locate your phone, but you can use it to locate your keys as well. You will be able to preset an approximate range boundary which will cause the case/keys to beep when they are too far apart. If you are close to the phone but can not see it, you can make the phone beep by pressing a button.
And I guess as a guy, you're eminently qualified to determine what is and isn't insulting to women?
Brilliant analysis.

I am one of the readers who had deep concern for the truthfulness of these observations. If they are true, then he got screwed, royally, and should sue.

Except for the pendant comment. That's just a case of taking yourself too seriously. Yet another nail in the coffin of his credibility.
It doesn't sound like the people at this company gave a damn about being racist or offensive. Also, it's a lot easier to correct someone when you out-rank them or have some stature within the company. You say your friend "dominates at his company"; the guy in this story was a peon. He's not a "professional victim", he just got shit on by a bunch of racists assholes.
Agreed. Got aa 710 and an 800 here. Nice phones for the money.
For stuff like this, you use schema.js.
im surprised you purchased a book (which is often stale) but wouldn't consider a relatively cheap class. i can pretty much guarantee you you'd learn way more with me.

in any case, good luck on the felt.
If you use Visual Studio, you can get this ;)
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It's also useful for teaching new features. If you are mindful of the existence of achievements, you might check the list once in a while and see something like "Fast Copy - Use Ctrl-C to copy something instead of clicking on the button!"
These guys provide free pop culture cutouts

http://www.cubeecraft.com/
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Oh cute. You think all gay men are gentrifiers. Lovely.

Poor gay people exist. Read this: http://joeclark.org/gaymoney/facts/
I don't buy things on Steam, but I still use it. I'm just trying to bring awareness to terms people are agreeing to but probably know nothing about (nobody ever actually reads a ToS or subscriber agreement, ever).
I don't know about legality (although I know they're widely distributed on reputable sites and Google hasn't taken them down), but my HP Touchpad has the Android market installed including access to all Google apps.
comments like this are a waste of everyone's time
Will this help at all if I want to let my marketing dept. publish Doubleclick For Publishers ads flash ads in certain spots on a large-ish website? I would say no, but I'm not sure how DFP works (marketing dept has expressed interest in moving to DFP, but we haven't looked at it yet), if the tags could determine the ad content in a banner spot and mid-article on a particular page, that would be awesome. Otherwise I don't think this will be useful for our company.
Chris Thile is the Beethoven of his generation.

[Edit to fix my silly typo]
The unfortunate thing is about this is that I don't think the employees see themselves as racist or prejudicial at all. They think they are just cool, edgy and funny. When people get to positions of authority before they have grown up then you see this kind of shit. I think the OP will harm any tribunal or legal action he takes here because of the public racist comments he himself has made, but at least the company's culture has been outed, and hopefully there is at least one adult at the organization that can step in and stop it.
Hmm... 153 points in 1 hour and this is dropping off the front page rather rapidly.
Buying Quora would be a waste of money for Yahoo. It's incredibly overvalued by the market right now. There's no way I can see to monetize effectively enough to make the valuation make sense, and they aren't growing fast enough (or at all) to justify the thinking of "with all this traffic, it's gotta make money!" Their traffic plateaued about a year ago, after a short run up in the beginning when there was tons of hype.

Given that there are better (or at least more popular) options for many types of questions (StackExchange seems to have figured it out for tech questions, and they aren't saddled with an insane valuation and so have a lot of freedom to exist without even having to grow...though they are growing), I just don't see how Yahoo buying Quora could possibly serve to improve Yahoo; Yahoo's already pretty good at being second or third best in the market.
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> He frequently used the extremely general term, "Dumbwhite motherfucker.", which is blatantly racist

Agreed.

> makes his complete argument null and void

No, actually it doesn't. That's really not how logic works.

This is an audience problem. This post was pretty clearly not meant to be an intellectual tour de force; it was a rant, and a step away from frothing at the mouth. The author doesn't claim to be perfect, nor is he. For an audience like HN, it's completely inappropriate, because it doesn't take into account our biases and worldviews; but I seriously doubt he expected to be on the HN front page.
Super awesome! I use mutt on a remote server and don't want a browser involved. This recipe really does a nice job.
>It's not tit-for-tat racism; it's identifying a common behavior that objectively (and for nigh-on-tautological reasons) is something only really done by white men.

And that makes it not racist?
No option for mutton chops? Lost a sale :(
I'd be more worried about the "Custom" PC aspect on your supply chain.

Because of the variability in demand, you are either going to expend resources on keeping a large inventory, or you are going to be ordering in smaller batches from suppliers who are a week to two weeks away.
Out of curiosity, which country's government are you talking about? I looked up "Wendish" but can't tell which country you grew up in from that, and it sounds like you're talking about the USA otherwise.
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Installing PyDev in Eclipse is a few big hoops for a beginner to jump through. The Web version Just Works with a browser.
Really? I just typed "Skype" in to the microsoft.com homepage search and got this: http://search.microsoft.com/en-us/results.aspx?form=MSHOME&#...

Hilariously, there is no link to download Skype. Click on the "downloads" tab, and it prompts you to download a webcam (?!) for $35.
Devil's advocate: DRM and a convenient buying experience mean a lower barrier to creating a business model and getting a paycheck, meaning more software gets written, which is good for users.

Don't get me wrong, I don't like cloud licensing or DRM either, and I won't be using Steam for anything but games. But there is a place for such "software vending machines" as Steam and the Mac App Store, particularly at the low end of the market.
Speak for yourself. I want to hear his pain and frustration. I want to identify with his despair in the face of a type of idiocy I will never personally experience as a straight white cis male. I want to hear the shrill, flawed voice of melancholy.

He's not MLK, Jr. He's a guy telling a personal story. The world needs a plurality of voices to advance; the despondent and downtrodden remind us where we are, and the transcendent and hopeful show us a way out.
since there is a knock sensor, maybe have a usb camera hooked up to the lock and the camera looking out of the peephole or aimed at the entrance.
San Francisco, CA or Tipp City / Dayton, OH

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We have a fun team, great benefits, and an enjoyable workplace. Our approach is analytics-driven and we're working towards Continuous Integration.

I do primarily JavaScript, so I can mention a couple of the recent changes: we now use a node.js powered build system for our JS files, pre-compiled handlebars templates for client-side rendering, and we use feature detection to only load on browsers with localStorage and CORS support. (This works out to IE 8 Standards Mode and newer on the MS side.)

See more info at http://www.sociablelabs.com/careers/ or email nathan @ [company site] if you're curious about anything.

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From the OP:

Also, at some point after this conversation took place, one of the women looked at my prized necklace and said “Hey, that looks like a calculator, is that a calculator?”

I said “um no, it’s a necklace, it’s African, from Nairobi.”

And she replies “Oh, huh…..well, it looks like a calculator.”

Dumbwhite------

If this is an accurate recollection, the author is a seriously disturbed person who should not be in this or any other workplace. If this is not an accurate recollection... I'm not sure the conclusion is any different.

Certainly there are workplace shootings where the perpetrator appears to have a very similar attitude - the Omar Thornton case, for instance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Distributors_shooting

Kixeye is obviously a company with a corporate culture in which people vigorously insult each other in a typical young male style. A similar institution is the US military - at least at the enlisted level. Race relations in the military are and always have been excellent, so perhaps the hypothesis that coarse humor is the cause of racial hostility could use a little more exploring.

I wouldn't want to work at a company like Kixeye, though. It's obviously an even worse fit for the OP. And that's not even to mention that this kind of office culture is actually illegal in our great nation, land of the free and home of the brave. This is irresponsible toward the investors, at least...
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wtf?

I think this company is not such a great place to work... if you are black. Having mentioned that... uh... MURDER???

We should try to keep in mind that this company really may be no worse than the average SF company full of people accustomed to getting their own way. Oftentimes, people just don't know they are being offensive. It is not malice, so much as the obliviousness that accompanies any privilege. These people DO NOT deserve to die. I personally don't think anyone does.

People have a right to be disappointed here, but really, let's try to elevate the tone.
The vast majority of slaves that we got of African origin were traded to us by other Africans. I'd say of the two possibilities of enslavement in Africa, being to a ship bound for the new world held the most promise. If you disagree, I will buy you a one way ticket to Liberia on the condition that you renounce your citizenship.

As a Slav, my people were in bondage much longer than blacks in the United States. Try an order of a millenia or two. I do not care. It is far more advantageous for me to be industrious and build personal wealth than blame distant oppressors for a few centuries of enslavement. I benefitted from the bad conditions of my ancestors, and guess what? So did blacks in the United States. They should stop being professional victims and make things if they want to have equal cultural influence.

Beyond that, this whole discussion is a distraction from the people that have real undue power, those in control of the banks and the media.... If we fight amongst ourselves about race we miss the man behind the Zion curtain.
"Because science isn't always cheap and doesn't always produce immediately obvious benefits."
Nope, spec finalization follows shipping.

First, Firefox and Chrome (under a flag, to be removed) already ship great pieces of ES6. JSC (Safari) and IE prototypes coming too. This is necessary to test interop and design soundness.

Second, we don't do "Design by Committee", we use the "Champions" model where 1 or 2 people design a proposal and a larger number beat it into consensus shape without "redesign".

Nothing's perfect, least of all with multi-browser standards, but if you have an alternative for evolving the actual JS language implemented by browsers, lay it on us.

Compilers on top are great, and many. Good to see MS do one that tries to build on ES6.
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iPhone is a relatively high-end smartphone. There is room for lower-end iOS phones in this hypothetical scenario.
I don't agree with your tone. Should we all be forced to read alleged racism stories or what is you point?

IDC about that, and for what's worth try watching Frost / Nixon with no sound. Would you still find it awesome? Doubt it.

The same goes for reading through an article and trying to ignore his rage induced ramblings. As more than one commenter before me pointed out, he is biased and it shows. Badly.
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I was really interested in the 920 until I saw that it has capacitive hardware buttons. Right now I have a Samsung Focus, and when someone else grabs my phone to look at a picture, I have to do the awkward "no don't hold it there, hold it here, oh no you touched one of the buttons here give it back while I figure out which one you touched now don't hold it there again" dance.

That's embarrassing to me and embarrassing to the brand. People see it and think "oh these Windows Phones are complex and finicky". Nope. Not touching any phone with capacitive buttons ever again. I'll be upgrading to the nicest WP8 device with actual, real buttons.
No. If someone does not want to keep a full block chain, then there are two alternatives: a personal client with partial blockchain or an escrow service. First option is definitely more secure.
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Who else is expecting the chief scientist on the project to say:
"What could possibly go wrong?"
:)
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Suppose, instead of just thinking, "Dumbwhite---," the OP had actually said out loud, "Dumbwhite---."

Would that be a firing offense, too? I'm sure it would be - I'm just asking to make sure.
This comment says far more about your own collection of biases than anything else. The logical fallacies alone are enough to render this comment basically useless:

* confirmation bias
* selection bias
* fundamental attribution error
* backfire effect

There's also the whole "born on third base and thinks he hit a triple" component here.
I'm really interested in seeing a car lock like Lockitron.

"Empirically people are a lot less likely to forget their phone than to forget keys..."

Especially with the PhoneWallet. I have my keycard, ID, and ORCA all conveniently on the back of my phone. The same tap gets me into work and pays bus fares. If I didn't have to carry a car key, I would just carry that 1 item.
Yep, the kid is named Nick d'Aloisio. We think his take on the problem is interesting but we believe algorithmic summarization will not be able to produce summaries that are good enough.

He says he is currently working in stealth mode and will launch a product soon, and you can be sure we will be among the first to test it to see if our hypothesis is correct :)
Too bad it stops at 300 steps, I would have loved to use it for my hand-ins at the university - still, pretty cool! I checked how it looked with MergeSort and it was pretty awesome, even though it didn't get far with 300 steps.
Statistically, you would expect more crime against white people since there are so many more of them. What matters is the probability that a person of a given ethnicity is likely to be a victim of8 violence at the hands of someone else, not the absolute number of such instances.

Suppose in a population of 100, there are 20 blue and 80 green people. Suppose that 10 blue people are the victim of green crime in a given year, while blue people commit 20 crimes against green people in the same period. So you could say that blue people commit twice as much crime as green people, which is true, but that leaves out the fact of the population disparity. If a blue person has a 50% chance of criminal insult from a green person, while a green person only has a 25% chance of experiencing that, then it's obviously better to be green than it is to be blue because you are only half as likely to become a victim of crime.

Unfortunately, people such as yourself often look at the absolute numbers, compare the 20 blue-on-green crimes with the blue population size of 20, and leap to the conclusion that all blue people are criminals. While the percentage of criminals in the blue population is almost certainly higher on the basis of simple probability (as blue criminals would otherwise need to be >8 more active than green ones), what you have there is a correlative rather than a causal relationship : we don't know to what extent the incidence of criminality in a population causes crime against that population, a classic chicken-and-egg problem that most likely does not have a simple binary solution.
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There is always room for one more on the market.
I think he's saying "I dare you to sue me."

I hope someone takes him up on that dare.
Lockitron even mentions that AirBnB is a great fit + they are both YC companies. Why isn't there a partnership already established between the two companies? Lockitron should be contacting all of AirBnB's most rented property owners to buy the lock.
There's a huge difference between stuff that those in power (the hegemony) say and do to minorities or others who are less powerful and what flows in the other direction.
> Thus far, the friction of PHP being a bad language hasn't outweighed the utility of it being easy, though as time goes on that utility is worth less and less.

But he uses it only because it's easy? Sounds like the very kind of developer he's trying to mock.
The PostgreSQL optimizer is cost based and uses statistics to choose join method. So that problem is quite rare and is best debugged using EXPLAIN/EXPLAIN ANALYZE.
I remember as a kid some of the conspiracy theories about how the US cut off and then classified all the deep drilling work in the late 60's [1]. I had a chance early on in the 80's to invest in a company that had designed a new drill head (one of my USC alums went to work there), I thought it was a silly investment I mean drill bits? really? But they did quite well with it.

That said, the whole concept of just digging and digging until you hit the middle holds childlike fascination for me.

[1] Mostly related to discovering alien artifacts and the like.
It's certainly true that Apple even allowing such a thing to happen is broken (the device should reject app updates it can't run).

But that something like that could happen still doesn't make the iPad a paperweight. People will happily use their first generation iPads long into the future, despite what the FUD.
If anything, he was dressed closer to NWA or Public Enemy.

Disclaimer: This has nothing to do with his lyrical abilities.
And also guarantees that you'll have to come back and deal with it again in the future.
Our company developed a product where you can enter a place just by calling a specific number. If your number is on the registered number's database it will unlock the door...

Don't know why they don't do it like that instead of having to send a text...
Is this your first PHP thread? Pretty much all of them turn into a "ha! ha! you use php!" and those of us who use it to build things justifying our decisions.